How To Install bind-libs-lite on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-libs-lite on Rocky Linux 8. bind-libs-lite is Libraries for working with the DNS protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-libs-lite on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `bind-libs-lite`

Contains lite version of BIND suite libraries which are used by various programs to work with DNS protocol.

We can use yum or dnf to install bind-libs-lite on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bind-libs-lite.

Install bind-libs-lite on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bind-libs-lite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bind-libs-lite

Install bind-libs-lite on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bind-libs-lite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bind-libs-lite

How To Uninstall bind-libs-lite on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the bind-libs-lite package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bind-libs-lite

bind-libs-lite Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/6d1416d8eacc95c4dc0162480027d69afb394b
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/89844b50ab4f25cd08c27348496b350d96307a
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/88d71b7501a326508332cf7acbd812799bbc9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/e3d9cbf8d445ed0e160e052d71776cc3299710
/usr/lib/libdns.so.1112
/usr/lib/libdns.so.1112.0.2
/usr/lib/libirs.so.161
/usr/lib/libirs.so.161.0.1
/usr/lib/libisc.so.1107
/usr/lib/libisc.so.1107.0.4
/usr/lib/libisccfg.so.163
/usr/lib/libisccfg.so.163.0.8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/175f10e8b947f652a0f6d3ab25f9a86936e60a
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/169ce73e69f5b2efc2b2e79f761152e356628c
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/01298d64e21d2c15db68128a3871013548ffbe
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/9b2e2953c24f4d8e8557d87cede41f10a02e3c
/usr/lib64/libdns.so.1112
/usr/lib64/libdns.so.1112.0.2
/usr/lib64/libirs.so.161
/usr/lib64/libirs.so.161.0.1
/usr/lib64/libisc.so.1107
/usr/lib64/libisc.so.1107.0.4
/usr/lib64/libisccfg.so.163
/usr/lib64/libisccfg.so.163.0.8

References

bind-libs-lite website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-libs-lite on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.